Intel had also been accused of ‘pay to delay’ or ‘pay to desist’ its manufacturers for not coming up with products powered by AMD based processors which were stated to be blatant restrictions. In 2017 after the years of legal battle, Europe’s apex court ruled that the amount has to be recalculated since the EU did not carry out an economic analysis of the effect that Intel inflicted on its competitors.
Not the victory that will put an end to Intel’s problems
However, these arguments place Intel in a very weak position even though it came out of the trials with some victory. However, it is still to pay another fine of €376 million ($406 million) which was imposed by the European Commission last year. Intel has never appealed the bad part of previous decisions where the Commission based this new fine on the “egregious restrictions” aspect. This too has not been逃 colonised and Intel is currently in court appealing the EU fine in an attempt to claim back interest on the money.
A dynamic processor environment
However, it needs to be pointed out that since the judgment was made in 2009 the processor landscape has considerably evolved. During the period in question, Intel held 81% of the PC space while AMD owned just 12%. Today the Intel share is only 63%, and the company has been unable to compete with TSMC in terms of chip manufacturing. Interestingly, Intel uses outsourcing very notably, buying chips from TSMC and other foundries for roughly thirty percent of its products. However, in the light of manufacturing problems, Intel appears to have great legal counsel.
